一切經音義 55.73

55.73

鈇質 ('chopping block and axe'): For the first character, the fanqie is [f- + u >] fǔ and [w- + u >] wú; it is also pronounced fǔ. The Gongyang zhuan says: 'He could not bear to apply the punishment of the chopping block and axe.' He Xiu's commentary says: 'The punishment of execution by beheading.' The Cang Jie pian says: 'A 鈇 is an executioner's block.' The Classic of Rites says: 'In the army, the axe and broadaxe were what the former kings used to demonstrate wrath.' Furthermore, only after a feudal lord was conferred the axe and broadaxe could he execute. The Gujin zhengzi says: 'Composed of 金 with 夫 phonetic.' The second character has the fanqie [zh- + en >] zhēn and [l- + i >] lì.